The Australian National Audit Office has given Centrelink's IT high marks in its attempts to implement business continuity management, with only limited recommendations on possible improvements.
Victorian Government IT shared services agency CenITex has rejected claims that its backup systems are riddled with problems.
The federal Auditor-General has given the Department of Veterans' Affairs's (DVA) relationship with its IT outsourcer IBM a clean bill of health, just three days after the department renewed the arrangement for at least another four years.
The NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) has conceded its technology consolidation project is still suffering delays from an incident several months ago which saw much of the computer equipment in its facility in regional NSW "slow-baked" in searing temperatures.
The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is moving to boost its identity management systems, saying its current capabilities "pose challenges" to security, privacy and efficiency within the agency.
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When one of Waiariki Institute of Technology's servers went down a month ago, it was an opportunity -- unwanted, no doubt -- to test the restore capabilities of the institute's new backup system, implemented after years of problems with backups.
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The Wireless Edge Services Module combines with HP's Radio Port Wi-Fi access points to provide a simple and efficient way for companies to deploy and manage large wireless networks.
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While the Mt Stromlo observatory was largely destroyed by fire, millions of units of data have been salvaged thanks to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.
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